Anthony Pettit – Sketches, Watercolours and Oil Paintings

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Anon. Sloop Racing, Hamilton. c1920. A striking watercolour 35.5 x 17cm of the area in front of the Yacht Club, with the left part of the painting dominated by the Hamilton Hotel which was destroyed by fire thirty years later. The passenger vessel on the right appears to be the two masted Fort Victoria brought into service by the Furness Withy Line in February 1920 $1,250

View Anon. Mullet Bay, St Georges. c1920. 28 x 19.5cm This well executed watercolour shows a farmhouse on Banjo Island with typical Bermuda chimney and oval watertank. The vessel beyond was the Priscilla, an American schooner which was one of the largest boats in the Newport Bermuda Yacht Race of 1907. She was 80 feet long. Her subsequent career was short lived. After a single voyage to the Turks and Caicos Islands carrying salt, she arrived back on her Bermuda moorings only to spring a leak in her planking in 1911. In the scene above she was obviously not sea worthy, being gradually destroyed by insects and the weather. Her ribs remain to this day. $1,250

View Bermuda Bookplate 1885. 8.5cms x 10. A delightfully penciled and handcoloured drawing of Dr Edward Lewton Penny, the Dockyard parson between 1880 and 1885. An educated man, he describes his books in Latin as ‘unhappily submerged and badly treated in the Bermuda Islands.’ He threatens in Greek that the man who borrows a volume and does not return it is sinful, adding rather sadly that ‘he hopes for the best but expects the worst!’ $350

View Bermuda Road with Palms. 1882. 13.5cms x 15.5. Initialed F J C. Perhaps the outline for a larger watercolour. $100

View Black, Norman Irving (1883-1953). Cedars. c1910. Oil on canvas mounted board. 52 x 41.5cms. An impressionist work of the juniper tree which Bermudians call cedar. Though Black lived in Maine and studied in Paris, he wintered in Bermuda. His works figure prominently in the Masterworks book. Artist signed faintly lower left. $1,750

View Brown, Clinton. (? - 1954) Bermuda Farmhouse. Dated 1939, this framed oil painting includes an interesting study in cloud formation in which the artist makes the sky appear like an extension of the sea. 40 x 32cms. Brown, in later years Michael Clinton, died in New York where he had spent much of his adulthood. In New york he was known as a portrait painter, but he was noted also for small landscapes and seascapes, private houses and gardens. He particularly liked the quality of the light in Bermuda and the Bahamas. Price on request

View Carson, Frank. (1881-?) Bermuda, North Shore. c1930. Though the exact location of this watercolour 28 x 23cm is difficult to determine, with its bridge crossing a gap between two rocks, the venue is obviously this island. There is clear evidence of man made quarrying to the left and the local sea and sky colours of a hot summer's day. The coming of the railway later in the thirties changed much of the shoreline as the engineers cut its path through a spectacular coastal route. Hamilton Parish seems the likely setting with the outcrop of rocks to the right those of Shelly Bay. $1,750

View Carson, Frank. (1881 -?) Catching Bait off St Georges. 24cms x 30. c1932. American artist who figured prominently in The Masterworks Bermudiana Collection book edited by the late Patricia Calnan, see pages 178 – 181. $4,500

View Daintrey, Adrian. (1902- 1988). Summer Garden, Bermuda. Oil on canvas board. 45 x 35cm.
Elected a member of the Royal West of England Academy in 1963, that museum holds four of his works in their permanent colllection. A painter and draftsman, Daintrey was a product of the Slade School of Art. $950

View HMS Cadmus. English School watercolour. 1860's.30 x 17cm. Ports Island Yellow Flag flying shows that this warship is quarantined for yellow fever. $3,500

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Gaertner, Carl. (1898- 1952). York Street, St Georges. Dated 1924 this framed oil on canvas, 36 x 28 cm, makes a great study of light and shadow, employing techniques derived from the artist's working among subjects in industrial Pennsylvania. Gaertner, an important American painter was just achieving national acclaim at the time of his early death aged 54. A teacher at the Cleveland School of Art, he developed a gritty realist style and was much exhibited. $7,500

View Graves, A M. 1920s. The Water Carrier. 30cms x 41 The scene of a donkey card hauling barrels of water appears to have been painted near Lagoon Park at the south end of Ireland Island. Spanish Point and Hamilton Parish are in the distance. The artist may have been an officer or rating based in the Dockyard. $750

View Gray, Elizabeth. 1950s Horseshoe Bay from Above (34cms x 54) Matching the previous watercolour. Miss Gray’s work was a popular with tourists for the quality of her seas and foliage. $750

View Hoffman, Harry Leslie. View of Castle Island. c1930. Signed and framed. Image size 19x25cms. Oil on board. $3,000.

View Hoffman, Henry Leslie. (1871-1964). Castle Roads, Bermuda. Framed oil on board c1930. 41 x 29cm. An early member of the Old Lyme art colony, Hoffman traveled extensively to pursue his calling. He was loosely connected with the Beebe expeditions to Bermuda (see the Beebe books under Nonsuch and Half a Mile Down). While Beebe dived deep beneath the waters in the bathosphere, Hoffman frequently remained above the surface to paint. However he was also fascinated by the undersea life of Bermuda and Nassau. A prolific artist, he won much acclaim in his life. For reference see the Masterworks Bermudian collection page 262. $4,750

View Looking towards Elys Harbour. c1815. 11 x 8cm. Anonymous. This may well have been a sketch for a larger work. The title is written in pencil at the foot of the page. Painted on fine watercolour paper it has an exquisite watermark date of 1811 embossed into the paper. Hence the attribution of date. Possibly a military artist. $950

View Munson, Lucius. 1796-1823. Portrait of a Gentleman. 31cms x 37 On the reverse of the piece is written in antique florid pen: Painted by Lucius Munson, St Georges, Bermuda July 1822. The subject is reputed to be a Mr Atwood, though which one is not certain.There were a number who bore that name in the Old Town at that period.
More is known about the portrait painter. Munson was born on December 16th, 1796 at New Haven, Connecticut. He studied in New York City in about 1818, returned to work in New Haven for a year, then in South Carolina and again in New Haven. About 1822, he went to Bermuda for his health, and died on July 27th 1823 while on a visit to the Turk’s Island in the West Indies. In Bermuda he painted a number of persons of note, some of which are held by the National Trust. He was represented in the 1935 Loan Exhibition of Portraits at the Bermuda Historical Society and figured widely in the publication that was put out to commemorate that event. See New York Historical Society: Dictionary of American Painters 1564 – 1860. Price on Request.

View Olsen, Herb. Bermuda, St Georges. Signed and dated 1948. Olsen was a painter of significance who featured in many exhibitions. The subject matter of this particular work is striking. Watercolour on board.60x70cms Price on Request .

View Orde, Cuthbert Julian (1888-1968) Bermuda House and Seaview. Oil on board c1950. Orde was a portrait, landscape and still-life painter of distinction, being widely exhibited by the Royal Academy and the National Portrait Galleries in the U.k. The artist's name is signed on the reverse. $450

View Partridge, Frederick H. (1849-1929). View from Gibbs Hill. c1922. Watercolour 50 x 27cm. Notable English painter whose forte was landscapes, golfcourses and coastlines. In retirement he traveled widely to develop his skills with the brush. He is listed extensively in the Dictionary of Neglected Artists. Notable in this view is the extent of arable land under cultivation below the lighthouse before the explosion of housing. $2,750

View Scherm, Earle. N (1899-1959). Shallow Water, Bermuda 1935. Oil on canvas. 33.5 x 29cms. Entered for Buffalo Society of Artists Thumb Box exhibit, this painting depicts the peace and tranquility of Gibbets Island, Smiths Parish. Born in Buffalo, New York Scherm exhibited with his native fine arts school and also at the Albright Art Gallery. A painter of landscapes and waterfront scenes, his subjects included Canada, the coasts of Maine, Florida, Haiti as well as Bermuda. $3,150

View Spenser, ER. Watercolour of Front Street, Hamilton. 39 x 26.5cm probably from the 1950's. A reminder of a peaceful time in history before rampant development. $450

View St Georges (after Driver). A primitive watercolour signed E. Drew, Bermuda 1835, this painting 29.5 x 21.5cm takes its inspiration from Thomas Driver's study of King's Square produced in 1823. By 1835 the spire of St Peter's Church had been demolished from the effects of a hurricane, but many novice artists imitated their masters as is the case with this retro piece. There are subtle differences in this simplistic imitation of Driver's original, adding new charms to a historic Bermuda scene. $2,500

View Stein N. Street Scene, St. Georges. 1954. 40.5 x 51cm. A curiously cubist treatment of the Old Town with roving dog rifling through battered trash cans. Alive with colour and contrast. $950

View Wood, Miles. View of Spithead and Harbour Road looking West. This watercolour 35 x 28cm matches the previous entry.
Spithead, the house on the promentory, had a chequered history. In the eighteenth century it was the home of Hezekiah Frith, fearsome Bermuda privateer. In the 1930s it was leased by Eugene Oneill, the American playwright, the scene of much action. $1,000

View Zuill, Mary. Bermuda Beach with Rowboat. 24.5cms x 17.5. An early framed watercolour depicting John Smith’s Bay, now largely destroyed by Hurricane Fabian in September 2003. This is a good example of this fine artist’s work. $450

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Zuill, Mary. South Shore 1948. Watercolour. 34.5 x 24cm. This popular artist, now an octagenarian, has been producing watercolors in her own words 'since she was old enough to hold a brush'. Though never having held an exhibition, she remains a favorite for visitors and local residents alike. The South Shore scene stems from the era when she had a studio on East Broadway. $350

View Zuill, Mary. Spanish Point. c 1955. Watercolour. 42 x 31cm. This popular artist, now an octagenarian, has been producing watercolors in her own words 'since she was old enough to hold a brush'. Though never having held an exhibition, she remains a favorite for visitors and local residents alike. The South Shore scene stems from the era when she had a studio on East Broadway. $500

View	Anon. Sloop Racing, Hamilton. c1920. A striking watercolour 35.5 x 17cm of the area in front of the Yacht Club, with the left part of the painting dominated by the Hamilton Hotel which was destroyed by fire thirty years later. The passenger vessel on the right appears to be the two masted Fort Victoria brought into service by the Furness Withy Line in February 1920 $1,250
View	Anon. Mullet Bay, St Georges. c1920. 28 x 19.5cm This well executed watercolour shows a farmhouse on Banjo Island with typical Bermuda chimney and oval watertank. The vessel beyond was the Priscilla, an American schooner which was one of the largest boats in the Newport Bermuda Yacht Race of 1907. She was 80 feet long. Her subsequent career was short lived. After a single voyage to the Turks and Caicos Islands carrying salt, she arrived back on her Bermuda moorings only to spring a leak in her planking in 1911. In the scene above she was obviously not sea worthy, being gradually destroyed by insects and the weather. Her ribs remain to this day. $1,250
View	Bermuda Bookplate 1885. 8.5cms x 10. A delightfully penciled and handcoloured drawing of Dr Edward Lewton Penny, the Dockyard parson between 1880 and 1885. An educated man, he describes his books in Latin as ‘unhappily submerged and badly treated in the Bermuda Islands.’ He threatens in Greek that the man who borrows a volume and does not return it is sinful, adding rather sadly that ‘he hopes for the best but expects the worst!’ $350
View	Bermuda Road with Palms. 1882. 13.5cms x 15.5. Initialed F J C. Perhaps the outline for a larger watercolour. $100
View	Black, Norman Irving (1883-1953). Cedars. c1910. Oil on canvas mounted board. 52 x 41.5cms. An impressionist work of the juniper tree which Bermudians call cedar. Though Black lived in Maine and studied in Paris, he wintered in Bermuda. His works figure prominently in the Masterworks book. Artist signed faintly lower left. $1,750
View	Brown, Clinton. (? - 1954) Bermuda Farmhouse. Dated 1939, this framed oil painting includes an interesting study in cloud formation in which the artist makes the sky appear like an extension of the sea. 40 x 32cms. Brown, in later years Michael Clinton, died in New York where he had spent much of his adulthood. In New york he was known as a portrait painter, but he was noted also for small landscapes and seascapes, private houses and gardens. He particularly liked the quality of the light in Bermuda and the Bahamas. Price on request
View	Carson, Frank. (1881-?) Bermuda, North Shore. c1930. Though the exact location of this watercolour 28 x 23cm is difficult to determine, with its bridge crossing a gap between two rocks, the venue is obviously this island. There is clear evidence of man made quarrying to the left and the local sea and sky colours of a hot summer's day. The coming of the railway later in the thirties changed much of the shoreline as the engineers cut its path through a spectacular coastal route. Hamilton Parish seems the likely setting with the outcrop of rocks to the right those of Shelly Bay. $1,750
View	Carson, Frank. (1881 -?) Catching Bait off St Georges. 24cms x 30. c1932. American artist who figured prominently in The Masterworks Bermudiana Collection book edited by the late Patricia Calnan, see pages 178 – 181. $4,500
View	Daintrey, Adrian. (1902- 1988). Summer Garden, Bermuda. Oil on canvas board. 45 x 35cm. Elected a member of the Royal West of England Academy in 1963, that museum holds four of his works in their permanent colllection. A painter and draftsman, Daintrey was a product of the Slade School of Art. $950
View	HMS Cadmus. English School watercolour. 1860's.30 x 17cm. Ports Island Yellow Flag flying shows that this warship is quarantined for yellow fever. $3,500
View	Gaertner, Carl. (1898- 1952). York Street, St Georges. Dated 1924 this framed oil on canvas, 36 x 28 cm, makes a great study of light and shadow, employing techniques derived from the artist's working among subjects in industrial Pennsylvania. Gaertner, an important American painter was just achieving national acclaim at the time of his early death aged 54. A teacher at the Cleveland School of Art, he developed a gritty realist style and was much exhibited. $7,500
View	Graves, A M. 1920s. The Water Carrier. 30cms x 41 The scene of a donkey card hauling barrels of water appears to have been painted near Lagoon Park at the south end of Ireland Island. Spanish Point and Hamilton Parish are in the distance. The artist may have been an officer or rating based in the Dockyard. $750
View	Gray, Elizabeth. 1950s Horseshoe Bay from Above (34cms x 54) Matching the previous watercolour. Miss Gray’s work was a popular with tourists for the quality of her seas and foliage. $750
View	Hoffman, Harry Leslie. View of Castle Island. c1930. Signed and framed. Image size 19x25cms. Oil on board. $3,000.
View	Hoffman, Henry Leslie. (1871-1964). Castle Roads, Bermuda. Framed oil on board c1930. 41 x 29cm. An early member of the Old Lyme art colony, Hoffman traveled extensively to pursue his calling. He was loosely connected with the Beebe expeditions to Bermuda (see the Beebe books under Nonsuch and Half a Mile Down). While Beebe dived deep beneath the waters in the bathosphere, Hoffman frequently remained above the surface to paint. However he was also fascinated by the undersea life of Bermuda and Nassau. A prolific artist, he won much acclaim in his life. For reference see the Masterworks Bermudian collection page 262. $4,750
View	Looking towards Elys Harbour. c1815. 11 x 8cm. Anonymous. This may well have been a sketch for a larger work. The title is written in pencil at the foot of the page. Painted on fine watercolour paper it has an exquisite watermark date of 1811 embossed into the paper. Hence the attribution of date. Possibly a military artist. $950
View	Munson, Lucius. 1796-1823. Portrait of a Gentleman. 31cms x 37 On the reverse of the piece is written in antique florid pen: Painted by Lucius Munson, St Georges, Bermuda July 1822. The subject is reputed to be a Mr Atwood, though which one is not certain.There were a number who bore that name in the Old Town at that period. More is known about the portrait painter. Munson was born on December 16th, 1796 at New Haven, Connecticut. He studied in New York City in about 1818, returned to work in New Haven for a year, then in South Carolina and again in New Haven. About 1822, he went to Bermuda for his health, and died on July 27th 1823 while on a visit to the Turk’s Island in the West Indies. In Bermuda he painted a number of persons of note, some of which are held by the National Trust. He was represented in the 1935 Loan Exhibition of Portraits at the Bermuda Historical Society and figured widely in the publication that was put out to commemorate that event. See New York Historical Society: Dictionary of American Painters 1564 – 1860. Price on Request.
View	Olsen, Herb. Bermuda, St Georges. Signed and dated 1948. Olsen was a painter of significance who featured in many exhibitions. The subject matter of this particular work is striking. Watercolour on board.60x70cms Price on Request .
View	Orde, Cuthbert Julian (1888-1968) Bermuda House and Seaview. Oil on board c1950. Orde was a portrait, landscape and still-life painter of distinction, being widely exhibited by the Royal Academy and the National Portrait Galleries in the U.k. The artist's name is signed on the reverse. $450
View	Partridge, Frederick H. (1849-1929). View from Gibbs Hill. c1922. Watercolour 50 x 27cm. Notable English painter whose forte was landscapes, golfcourses and coastlines. In retirement he traveled widely to develop his skills with the brush. He is listed extensively in the Dictionary of Neglected Artists. Notable in this view is the extent of arable land under cultivation below the lighthouse before the explosion of housing. $2,750
View	Scherm, Earle. N (1899-1959). Shallow Water, Bermuda 1935. Oil on canvas. 33.5 x 29cms. Entered for Buffalo Society of Artists Thumb Box exhibit, this painting depicts the peace and tranquility of Gibbets Island, Smiths Parish. Born in Buffalo, New York Scherm exhibited with his native fine arts school and also at the Albright Art Gallery. A painter of landscapes and waterfront scenes, his subjects included Canada, the coasts of Maine, Florida, Haiti as well as Bermuda. $3,150
View	Spenser, ER. Watercolour of Front Street, Hamilton. 39 x 26.5cm probably from the 1950's. A reminder of a peaceful time in history before rampant development. $450
View	St Georges (after Driver). A primitive watercolour signed E. Drew, Bermuda 1835, this painting 29.5 x 21.5cm takes its inspiration from Thomas Driver's study of King's Square produced in 1823. By 1835 the spire of St Peter's Church had been demolished from the effects of a hurricane, but many novice artists imitated their masters as is the case with this retro piece. There are subtle differences in this simplistic imitation of Driver's original, adding new charms to a historic Bermuda scene. $2,500
View	Stein N. Street Scene, St. Georges. 1954. 40.5 x 51cm. A curiously cubist treatment of the Old Town with roving dog rifling through battered trash cans. Alive with colour and contrast. $950
View	Wood, Miles. View of Spithead and Harbour Road looking West. This watercolour 35 x 28cm matches the previous entry. Spithead, the house on the promentory, had a chequered history. In the eighteenth century it was the home of Hezekiah Frith, fearsome Bermuda privateer. In the 1930s it was leased by Eugene Oneill, the American playwright, the scene of much action. $1,000
View	Zuill, Mary. Bermuda Beach with Rowboat. 24.5cms x 17.5. An early framed watercolour depicting John Smith’s Bay, now largely destroyed by Hurricane Fabian in September 2003. This is a good example of this fine artist’s work. $450
View	Zuill, Mary. South Shore 1948. Watercolour. 34.5 x 24cm. This popular artist, now an octagenarian, has been producing watercolors in her own words 'since she was old enough to hold a brush'. Though never having held an exhibition, she remains a favorite for visitors and local residents alike. The South Shore scene stems from the era when she had a studio on East Broadway. $350
View	Zuill, Mary. Spanish Point. c 1955. Watercolour. 42 x 31cm. This popular artist, now an octagenarian, has been producing watercolors in her own words 'since she was old enough to hold a brush'. Though never having held an exhibition, she remains a favorite for visitors and local residents alike. The South Shore scene stems from the era when she had a studio on East Broadway. $500